at Salheyeh, French victory 7 October – Battle of Sédiman, French victory 21 October (30 Vendémiaire) – Cairo Revolt 1799 11–19 February – Siege of El Arish, French victory 7 March – Siege of Jaffa, French victory 8 April – Battle at Nazareth, French victory, Junot with 500 defeats 3000 Ottoman soldiers 11 April – Battle of Cana, French victory, Napoleon wins a great battle against Ottomans 16 April (27 Germinal year VII) – Bonaparte relieves the troops under Kléber just as the latter are about to be overwhelmed at the foot of Mount Tabor 20 May (1 Prairial an VII) – Siege of Acre, French troops retire after eight assaults 1 August (14 Thermidor year VII) – Battle of Abukir, French victory 23 August (6 Fructidor year VII) – Bonaparte embarks on the frigate Muiron and abandons command to Kléber 1800 24 January (4 Pluviôse year VIII) – Kléber concludes the Convention of El Arish with the British admiral Sidney Smith February (Pluviôse-Ventôse year VIII) – French troops begin their withdrawal, but the British admiral Keith refuses to recognize the convention's terms 20 March (29 Ventôse year VIII) – Battle of Heliopolis, Kléber wins one last victory, against a force of 30,000 Ottomans 14 June (25 Prairial year VIII) – A Kurd named Suleiman al-Halabi assassinates Kléber in his garden in Cairo. General Menou, a convert to Islam, takes over command 3 September (16 Fructidor year VIII) – The British recapture Malta from the French 1801 8 March (17 Ventôse year IX) – British landing near Aboukir 21 March (30 Ventôse year IX) – Battle of Alexandria, French defeat, army under Menou digs in at Alexandria ready for the siege of Alexandria 31 March (10 Germinal year IX) – Ottoman army arrives at El-Arich 19 April (29 Germinal year IX)– British and Ottoman forces capture Fort Julien at Rosetta after a four-day bombardment, opening the Nile 27 June (8 Messidor year IX) – General Belliard surrenders in Cairo 31 August (13 Fructidor year IX) – Siege of Alexandria ends in Menou's surrender In popular culture The 2010 video game, Napoleon: Total War, features an Egyptian Campaign, where players can control French armies throughout the campaigns in Egypt and Syria. See also Mediterranean campaign of 1798 Crusader invasions of Egypt – 1154–1169 Italian invasion of Egypt – 1940 References Sources Napoleon Was Here! An interactive journey following Napoleon's expedition to